The holidays can be a time of sadness and grief for those who have lost a loved one, but there are things people can do to ease those feelings, an expert advises. "Personal issues don't magically go away because the calendar turns to ...
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On the surface Santa Claus may seem an overweight workaholic with an affinity for sweets, but a U.S. geriatrician says Santa may be healthier than he appears. "Because Santa is probably more than 550 years old, a lot of people would say ...
If it's not a holly, jolly Christmas for you, a U.S. stress management expert suggests being realistic and adapt to the situation. Dr. Amit Sood, a Mayo Clinic physician and stress management expert, said the holidays don't have to be ...
A New Jersey nursing scholar says bullying occurs not only among elementary and high school students, it also occurs among those in academia. Study co-author Janice Beitz, a professor at the Rutgers School of Nursing-Camden, said ...
Target shoppers. Just in time for the holidays, your credit card data has been compromised. And according to Brian Krebs, the purloined information has been "flooding underground black markets in recent weeks, selling in batches of one ...
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Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8584,a monolithic flyback DC/DC converter designed to actively balance high voltage stacks of batteries.These battery stacks are commonly found in electric and hybrid vehicles as well as ...
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A student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, was diagnosed with viral meningitis, but campus officials say it is an isolated case. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo officials said university medical staff see no evidence ...
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Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, report on the use of their Spinsolve Benchtop NMR spectrometer to study polymers at the Delft University of Technology. Dr. Theo Dingemans is the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ...
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Neurotransmitters play a powerful role in managing the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system in many animals, controlling mood, energy levels, aggression, social bonding, and sexual behavior. For example, many antidepressant drugs ...
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Researchers have demonstrated that microphones and speakers built into laptops can be used to covertly transmit and receive data through inaudible audio signals. Michael Hanspach and Michael Goetz, two researchers from the Fraunhofer ...
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Canada-based ImStar Therapeutics has announced the selection of IMS-088 as its lead drug candidate for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. IMS-088 is a novel, small-molecule drug that stems from the discovery of a new target ...
Zamakona Yards Pasaia finishes the repairs done in dry dock on the ship Juan de la Cosa Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013 Last August, the Social Marine Institute awarded our shipyard in Pasaia the repair, maintenance and commissioning of the ship ...
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One year after more than 60 died and 750 were sickened by fungal meningitis, the U.S. Senate passed a law to help ensure compound drug safety, officials say. The Drug Quality and Security Act reflects a bipartisan, bicameral effort to ...
Green flooring options are becoming more and more popular each year. Flooring manufacturers have, understandably, taken a two-pronged approach to green flooring options, developing new products and more aggressively marketing current ...
China's leading photovoltaic (PV) producer Hanergy has reiterated that thin-film technology, as opposed to crystalline silicon cells, is the future of solar energy application. Li Hejun, the company's chairman, said most clean energy ...
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